Skills Bootcamps
Skills Bootcamps are government-funded, flexible training programmes designed to help adults aged 19 and over develop sector-specific skills that employers need. Courses typically last up to 16 weeks and are available across a range of sectors, including health and social care. Participants are guaranteed a job interview or support to progress in their current role on completion.
Skills Bootcamps provide a fast-track route into adult social care and can help employers address workforce shortages by attracting new entrants and upskilling existing staff. Health and social care bootcamps cover areas such as care management, wellbeing, leadership and frontline care skills.
Key objectives
- Increase the supply of skilled workers into priority sectors
- Support career changes and return-to-work pathways
- Help employers recruit people with job-ready skills
- Enable existing staff to upskill and progress
How Skills Bootcamps support adult social care
- Provide pre-employment training for people entering care careers
- Support development of supervisory and leadership skills
- Help existing staff gain new knowledge and progress to higher-level roles
- Create recruitment pipelines linked to local workforce needs
Examples of health and social care bootcamps include:
- Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care
- Developing Skills in Adult Social Care
- Lead with Care
- Leadership and management programmes for care professionals
Key benefits
...for Adult Social Care providers
- Access to job-ready candidates
- Support for hard-to-fill vacancies
- Opportunities to upskill existing employees
- Reduced recruitment and training costs
...for Individuals
- Free, flexible and short-duration training
- Pathways into employment in care and support roles
- Opportunities for career progression
- Potential progression into apprenticeships and further qualifications
